The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-20
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III llIo CllucCIpS. ty tAn
rs though II ship captain with Csc
viouSaiiu bushels of wheat for Il car.so
Se"U.,iu s'y some day, coming upon deck:
nnroW overheard all cargo;'' and The
Iaio.o s'io.llu Say:MWhy, captain, Wi,l
90 yoM mcant Throw ovcr all the
cargo?' CON- says the captain. No
have Il peek Of cluff that has go2 into
this five thousand bushels Of wheat.
ana the only way to get rid Of the olaf
Is 10 throw all The wheat oyerboarli33
NOW, That is a great deal wiser thai tfc
taik OF q great many Christians who
want TO throw overheard all the ,ltou-
SANDS and tens Of thousands of souls
VINO are the subjects Of reviyals.
throw all overheard because they arc
Drought into the kingdom OF God
through great %reyivals, because there Is
q peck OF. chaff, q quart of chaff, Il pjlt
OF chaif! l say, let them stay unt il tlit
Lust Day; tho Lord will divide tic ciian
from the wheat.
Do not be afraid Of Il great rcvivat.
On, that these gales from heaven might
sweep through all our churches! OH,
Tor such days as Richard Baxter saw III
england and Robert McChcyne aaw III
Dundccl Oh, for such days rs Jonathan
Edwards saw in Northampton! J have
often heard my father tell Of the fact
That in the early part of This ccnt,try
there broke out
A REvIyAE Al SOMERvILLE, n.
and some people were very much agila-
ted about it. They said /: ooh. YOU, lre
going to bring too many people, into tbs
Church ut once" and they sent down.
to New Brunswick to get John .l4iy-
ingston to stop the revival! We'll ttcr9
was no better soul i'll all the world THAN.
John Livingston. lie went and looked.
at the revival; they wanted him 3 SOD
it. He stood in The pulpit on The Sal.
bath, and looked ovcr the solemn sud-
tory, and he said: '"Tllis, brethren, SSH
reality tho work Of God; bcwalc iow
you try to stop t." And he was ali old.
man, leaning heavily on his stan a
very old man. And he lifted that st,tO,
and began to let it fall very slow4
through between the finger ana .hc
thumb, and he said: sob, thou |ilipc.i
tent, thou art falling now-falling 3wsti
from life, falling away from peace Ald
heaven, falling MS certainly us that cane
is falling through my hand failing
certainly, though perhaps falling slDNiy. 4
And the cane kept on falling tllto0glt
John Livingston's hand. The religions
| . 1872 iOAN LAY 4 ~. .
was o%vcrpowcring, and men saw u typo
Of their doom, MS the cane kept ielling
and falling, until the knob OF The tanc
struck Mr.. Livingston's hand, and ne
claspcd it stoutly, and said: ''BGt Ule
grace of God can stop you, as l 81 toned
that canc;" and then there was 81 tines,
all through the house at the fact or
pardon and peace and ~salNltioli
kt&Nnl1 - coil iJ,n ,>oa,l> =, T|o,,N ~. 49,.
vice: 81 guess you had better 8cni
revival worse" Oh, for the gales iron,
heaven, and Christ on board the snipl
Tho dnnrnr nc tho Church Of Cod s. SO
tl rrNiyalS.
.lalht MN slDiccb ippro3
= i'm. he net tllt 4.
JHsiti AsoD(D NNp NAE
NJ die SAND bohlg. iIcn Ne SIN lie
ls,ck part q. tlNN boat. Oh. lnW -Itd
lA l0aiis; Wii3t sad amimS. ip .(o,,e
,IllaJc, iaok 1T llS ~tolHlcNu0leI
must be thinking OF the cross to caA.e.
Look at Him, lie is a man-bone un{8I.
bone, flesh Of or flesh. Tired, fn
falls asleep; lie is a man! But tIlcil#t
find Christ at the Prov of the boat, 4
hear Him say: "Peace, be ~still;'' AID |
see the storm knccling ut His fcci. ,n6
the tcmpests folding their wings il ltis
presence; He is 4 Cod!
If | have sorrow and trouble ma
want sympathy, | go and kncel DOM Id
the back part Of The boat, and say: 't}lI.
Christ! weary One Of GGnnncsarct. sgin'
pathizc With all my sorrows, Ma 0t
Nazareth, Man Of the Cross IS
man, q man! But if |. want to colouer
nv Suiritlnl rons If want ~ r. ,ij